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this is bbc news. the headlines at 10pm: nearly all the nhs trusts affected by a massive cyber attack have restored their systems, according to the nhs in england. 48 trusts have been infect did and of those, 43 are now currently providing normal services. jeremy corbyn denies that some senior labourfigures are already accepting defeat in the general election. also in the next hour: pop and power ballads at the final of the eurovision song contest in the ukrainian capital, kiev. british entry luciejones puts in a powerful performance
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but will it be enough? good evening and welcome to bbc news. and we'll take a look at the papers. that is in half an hour. good evening and welcome to bbc news. five nhs trusts are still experiencing serious problems, after yesterday's international cyber attack. 43 of the trusts affected in england and scotland, are now returning to normal.the attack on friday caused ambulances to be diverted, and numerous cancellations or delays in treatment. a and e departments were not affected. the government's emergency committee cobra has been meeting today,
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chaired by the home secretary amber rudd. here's our health editor, hugh pym. the news shocked staff and patients alike. the cyber attack shut down key systems. ron grimshaw won't forget it in a hurry. he was in the middle of having an mri scan but it was abruptly halted and he will have to go back another day. i was stunned, obviously stunned, and the nurse said this is the first time this has happened. i was thinking, why me? there we are. health secretaryjeremy hunt was at a meeting of the emergency cobra committee along with the home secretary, who denied there were weaknesses in nhs systems. i don't believe it is to do with being prepared. there is always more we can all do to make sure we are secure against viruses but i think there had already been good preparations in place by the nhs to make sure that they were ready for this sort of attack. in england, hospital and ambulance services have been affected at 48
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nhs trusts along with some gp practices. in scotland, 11 out of 14 health boards have felt the impact, including health boards and gp surgeries. the scottish ambulance service was also affected. the nhs is very much in the recovery phase. there is a great deal of work ongoing to get systems back to normal and every effort is being made to ensure any impact on patient care is kept to a minimum. a&e is working normally. at york hospital, they say while they contained the virus it could take a while before they restore non—urgent services. 2,000 pcs have been taken out of commission. each one will need reimaging. that takes time. to get 2,000 pcs back in commission
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will take a few days but we will be working round—the—clock to do that as fast as we can. at wigan, staff have been working flat out to get systems up and running normally. i'm concerned because we don't know what we will find on monday morning. i think we've got sufficient understanding of the nature of the problem that we can be very confident we can solve whatever all a&e departments are open. 43
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trusts are now currently providing normal services within their normal business continuity plans. there are five trusts which have asked for help and we are providing that help. 0ne, help and we are providing that help. one, for example, has been mentioned already today. bart here in london. one of the sites, the royal london, is a trauma centre. the problem is the it relating to how they do tests for major trauma patients has been affected. we are supporting them by diverting some patients to other trauma centres in london. when will these trusts get back to normal? we are planning that they will come back as soon as possible. use the nhs normally, if you need to contact the nhs, do so. if there is a change in procedure,
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the nhs will make sure that you go to the right place. what systems were in place to prevent an incident? all nhs organisations, nhs trusts hospitals, need to have in place business continuity plans which anticipate just this sort of event. they are tested on an annual basis. hospitals were putting those plans into effect today. the national crime agency says it's employing all "overt and covert means" available to it, to establish who was behind the cyber attack that's hit the nhs and organisations in almost a hundred other countries. daniel sandford reports. the cyber attack which wreaked such chaos in britain's health service was a global assault, affecting russia worst of all but also countries as far apart as the us, australia, and japan. the two british agencies tackling it said a complex international investigation would be needed to catch the culprits. we haven't identified the culprit at this time but we are deploying all covert and overt means available
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to us and we have a number of lines of enquiry. it is important that we pursue those quickly so we can reassure the public we are taking this very seriously. at the heart of this attack was a software worm which spreads itself from computer to computer using code originally designed by us originally designed by us government spy agencies. it is called wannacript and encrypts all the files on infected computers and demands a ransom. by last night at least, 75,000 computers had been infected in at least 74 countries. at that point, a cyber security expert managed almost by chance to stop it spreading. all the data is still unusable until a ransom is paid. any modern computer that had its software regularly updated was safe but some nhs trusts use old operating systems that were particularly vulnerable
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and others may simply have failed to take a security update released in march. today, the national cyber centre had this advice. the first is to make sure your security software patches are up to date. the second is to employ proper good anti—virus software and the third and most important for ransomware protection is to back up your data because you cannot be held to ransom if you have a back—up. it has been a reminder of how vulnerable organisations are to attack by organised criminals seeking to raise money or by hostile states and terrorist groups trying to cause maximum disruption. there are thousands of vulnerabilities. for example, if we were to look at a company of 50,000 computers, we might find hundreds of thousands of open vulnerabilities on those machines. it is also reminder that computers
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are not a one—off investment. they need to be kept up—to—date. ben buchanan is a fellow at harvard university's cybersecurity project, he joins us live from connecticut. welcome to bbc news. what should the authorities and companies around the world affected either cyber attack have learned from it? this case emphasises the importance of keeping softwa re emphasises the importance of keeping software up—to—date. this could have prevented, had the systems in question been patched with the latest security updates and it is a vital lesson going forward for all organisations of the importance of doing that security updating. they had had quite a lot of warning that if they were running certain systems they were not being supported
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anymore. was it completely preve nta ble anymore. was it completely preventable by anymore. was it completely preve nta ble by everyone ? anymore. was it completely preventable by everyone? yes, the indication in this case, waste on what we know that's far, it is worth emphasising it is still soon afterwards, but based on what we know, it appears the way in which the vulnerability was spreading, had that been patched, we would not have had nearly the same scope of issues. there have been reports that some of these hacking tools that were used we re these hacking tools that were used were stolen from the national security agency, how far—fetched is that? that is not far-fetched at all. one of the most unusual things we have seen this past year is an unknown group called the shadow brokers which appear to have taken tools from the national security agency in the united states and posted them online and indeed based on the evidence we have seen dusk far, it appears this has taken
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advantage of this. but also the nsa is self is vulnerable? right. we don't how the tools were taken from the nsa, there was an insider threat that walked off with them, it was, penetration by another intelligence service which made the thing online available. it is one the most mysterious incidents in groups we have in the sligo security space right now. we've got politicians saying we will do all we can to find the people responsible for this latest cyber attack but how realistic is that? it is a significant challenge, especially the people who carried this out our overseas in a country like russia or one that might not come with an international investigation. that is one of the things that makes fibre
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criminals so difficult to catch sometimes, is that they are in jury stitches that the us of the uk can't quite reach into easily. thank you for talking to us. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages this evening in the papers at 10.30pm. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are anne ashworth, associate editor at the times and bonnie greer, playwright and writer for the new european. jeremy corbyn has denied senior labour figures are already accepting defeat in the general election. it follows comments from his deputy tom watson, that the conservatives could be heading for a landslide victory. mr corbyn said both he and mr watson were ‘working flat out‘ to get labour elected onjune the 8th. meanwhile, the former labour prime minister, gordon brown, urged voters not to give theresa may "a blank cheque," to run the country. iain watson reports. the conservatives are waging a war on the poor. that is the claim from this former prime ministers.
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you might expect it to say that the next labour government. it but his emphasis is on holding theresa may to account. her britain will have more inequality and poverty than what we saw in the thatcher years. no conservative prime minister should ever be given a free hand. the deputy leader tom watson insisted he was determined to turn round labour's position in the polls but warned of the dangers of a big conservative victory. he said if theresa may still commands the lead in the polls she had at the start she will have on margaret thatcher style majority. as labour mps battle to get back to westminster we are seeing a tale of two campaigns. the official one emphasising what they would do in government and the unofficial one where some candidates tell me they are going beyond what gordon brown and tom watson are saying.
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they are telling voters they simply are campaigning to become a strong opposition. in some local leaflets there is no mention ofjeremy corbyn. the emphasis is on reining in may. jeremy corbyn wanted to focus on the election issues. he said he was working flat out for victory and he did not recognise talk of defeat. not at all. i'm out round the whole country putting out a message. we are a party for the many, not the few. we will invest in the nhs, the education system, we will protect our pensions and pensioners and we will ensure there is an expanding economy that works for all. jeremy corbyn doesn't think he needs to shore up his support but he and his deputy reader both agree the party faces a huge challenge to turn the political tide before june eight. the liberal democrats say their election manifesto
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will include proposals to build 300,000 new homes a year, for sale and rent, by 2022. the party's leader tim farron, also says developers who stockpile land without building on it, would be penalised. and theresa may's been campaigning in northern ireland today. she called on politicians there to work together to return to power sharing. controversy over a botched renewable energy scheme, led to the collapse of the stormont executive in january. us president donald trump says he wants to move quickly to nominate a new fbi director to replace james comey, who was sacked from the position earlier this week. the president has faced a backlash forfiring mr comey, who had been investigating allegations of russian meddling in the us election. mr trump told reporters he could name the new fbi director by the end of next week, before he leaves for his first foreign trip. do you think you might make a decision on an announcement? there are outstanding people that are very well known. we could make a fast decision.
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before next week? even then is possible. in case you weren't aware of it, the eurovision song contest is taking place in the ukrainian capital kiev. britain is being represented by former x factor contestant lucie jones with hope aled never give up 0n jones with hope aled never give up on you. the welsh born singer believes there is the chance of an upset. 0ur lucky correspondent steve rosenberg is backstage in kiev. steve. thank you very much. i'm at the press centre. i'm used to press centre is being colourless places, full of journalists sitting centre is being colourless places, full ofjournalists sitting quietly typing their reports but this place has been very, very different.
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these are the italians, you might have guessed that, singing their country's song. it has been like this all evening. journalists and fa ns this all evening. journalists and fans and bloggers singing and chatting with each other. hi, i'm from italy. what does the eurovision song contest mean to you? this means europe, it is one of the perfect show of europe community. in this case, for us and for our country, we couldn't have a win, 0k, to all europe, because other nations are not so strong as asked. for me. in
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our country, in great britain, sometimes people make jokes our country, in great britain, sometimes people makejokes about the eurovision song contest, some people don't take it seriously. in italy, are people serious? not so much but we are starting to love europe each song contest. italy missed from 2000 and 72 2011 and in that period it was like it didn't exist in italy. who will win tonight? italy! thank you very much. 0ver tonight? italy! thank you very much. over here we have the portuguese. hallo. who is going to win the eurovision song contest tonight? portugal! i thought they would say that. what do you think of the british song? very good. amazing performance. she was amazing.
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minimum of top ten, i wish you. second. portugal has never won the eurovision song contest. we will have to wait for the voting to see who wins to night. never work with children, animals or eurovision fans. this is bbc news, these are our headlines. nhs england says most of the health service trusts affected by the cyber attack are working normally again. the labour leader denies senior members of his party are already admitting defeat in the general election. president trump says he could announce a replace for the sacked fbi directorjames comey by late next week. sport now, let's get a full roundup from the bbc sport centre. ican i can confirm there has been british
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success on the european stage. english premiership side saracens have sealed back to back rugby champions cup titles, by beating clermont auvergne 28—17 in edinburgh. chris ashton opened the scoring with his 37th try in the competition — that is a new record. a george kruis try helped saracens into an 8—point lead but nick abendanon's score saw clermont edge to within a point. alex goode though sealed the result late on for the londoners. hello, we start with football news — manchester city are up to third iam i am chuffed that we have won back the back champions cup. for me, it was the manner in which we did it today. the way we did it today, the way we played today, hugely encouraging. manchester city are up to third in the premier league table after a 2—1win against leicester city at the etihad stadium. pep guardiola's side are now three points ahead of arsenal in the race for a champions league spot but can count themselves fortunate after riyad mahrez‘s penalty was disallowed after he slipped —
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making a ‘double contact‘ with the ball. in the second half, we didn't know. it is not easy. to be in europe next season, that is why sometimes it is not easy to play these kinds of games. arsenal are nowjust1 point behind fourth placed liverpool after their 4—1 win away at stoke city. it means arsene wenger‘s side have now won 6 of their last 8 league games and were increase the pressure on jurgen klopp's team, who travel to west ham tomorrow. france international 0livier giroud got 2 of their goals as they also go level on goal difference with liverpool. we had a difficult week, we played sunday, wednesday, saturday. we had three wins, in a very convincing way in all three aims. the focus is there a the desire to play together is there, the fighting spirit is
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there, and of course we are very pleased about that. there was a huge win for swansea city, who have given themselves a real chance of survival with a 2—nil win away at sunderland. fernando llorente scored the opener with his 14th of the season before defender kyle naughton smashed home a second at the end of the first half. it means they are now unbeaten in their last four league games, and paul clement's side will stay up if crystal palace can beat hull city tomorrow. we did it great effort today. we will watch the game tomorrow and see what happens but the decision is not finished, absolutely not. there could still be twists and turns. we did a good job today. we have got a good cushion going into the final week but we have to be mindful that they could get a result there, and we have to be ready and well to finish thejob next we have to be ready and well to finish the job next week. elsewhere, bournemouth moved into the top half with a 2—1win over burnley and middlebrough — who are already relegated — lost for the 8th time in their last 10 games,
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beaten 2—1 at home by southampton. rangers have secured third place in the scottish premiership after beating hearts 2—1 at ibrox. elsewhere this afternoon — dundee helped their survival chances with a point against ross county — one all the score. motherwell are out of the relegation play off spot after they won away at hamilton. kilmarnock will stay up, after beating inverness 2—1 and a 1—0 win for stjohnstone over partick confirms european football for them next season. manchester city kept up their dominance of the women's game, winning this afternoon's fa cup final at wembley in front of a record crowd. they beat birmingham city 4—1, with american world cup winner carli lloyd among the goalscorers. city went unbeaten in winning the league last season as well as winning the continental cup, this was the one trophy they hadn't won before today. lewis hamilton has taken pole position in the spanish grand prix after edging out sebastian vettel by the smallest of margins. hamilton couldn't improve on his first lap in his final attempt but it proved enough, beating ferrari's vettel byjust 0.051 seconds after the german made
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a mistake in the final chicane. hamilton's mercedes team—mate valtteri bottas took third ahead of ferrari's kimi raikkonen. the third round of the player championship at sawgrass is underway — it's considered by some as the unofficial 5th major. louis 0osthuisen — who shot a round of 6 under yetserday remains at the top of the leaderboard. he's joined on 7 under by amercians jb holmes and kyle stanley. england's ian poulter is one shots behind on 6 under. master winner sergio garcia is already in the clubhouse on 5 under. that's all sport for now, i'll have more in the next hour. more than 800 children and teenagers, who've lost a parent serving in the armed forces, have attended a garden party at buckingham palace. they were welcomed by the duke and duchess of cambridge, and prince harry. among them were the widow and son of the fusilier lee rigby, who was killed in a terror attack in 2013.
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0ur royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. it's a very large garden accustomed to formal events like garden parties but it's the perfect place for a children's party which is exactly what was happening at buckingham palace this afternoon. 800 children have been invited to the palace by the duke and duchess of cambridge and prince harry for a very special reason. each of these children have lost the parent serving in the armed forces. one of them was jack rigby, the six—year—old son of fusilier lee rigby, murdered by extremists in london four years ago. it is a chance to know that you're in a safe environment, you can ask advice of the other parents, they've been through similar things and at different points gone through the same things you have, the questions, the explanations...
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it is a fantastic opportunity. they met prince harry who was demonstrating plate spinning. the royalsjoined in, posing for pictures and entertaining the crowd, all of it with a serious message. we, as a family, we as a nation, will never forget about the sacrifices everyone of you made. this event brings together three of the issues they take an interest in, young people, the armed forces, and bereavement. for a few hours, those wider carers could be put to one side. the funeral has taken place in romania of the woman thrown into the river thames during the westminster bridge terror attack in march.
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andrea cristea became the fifth victim, after khalid masood drove his car into pedestrians before stabbing and killing a police officer. the 31—year—old was pulled from the river, but died two weeks later. masood was shot dead by police. time for the weather forecast. we are seeing a change to a more u nsettled are seeing a change to a more unsettled weather type. this is the scene as we unsettled weather type. this is the scene as we ended saturday in angus, fairly cloudy skies there. more in the way of sunshine on sunday but equally some showers around interrupting the sunshine. we start sunday with this weather front across eastern scotland and eastern england nudging out towards the east as we head through the morning and a return to sunshine for the west. the rain will linger across the northern isles of scotland and eastern parts
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of the mainland to but sunshine in the west of scotland and much of northern ireland. how began the east coast of england, you could catch a shower here. across the bulk of england and wales, dry start with sunshine. you will notice just a few showers here and they're starting to crop up, some showers around the east coast and norfolk down towards kent. they clear away quickly and returned to sunshine and a peppering of showers almost any way but there are fairly few and far between. have your umbrella on stand—by on sunday the butt largely dry on the south coast. it will feel pleasant out there but they will be the threat of showers. showers die away in the evening hours but overnight into monday, the next bat of hash batch of wet weather. further east, we
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start the day on a dry night but through monday, the rain and risk winds moving eastwards through much of the tree, heaviest to the wards the north and west. temperatures doing reasonably well. low russia stays with us as we head through monday into tuesday with tight isobars. there will be rainfall and times but as you can seem forced tuesday and wednesday, some quiet spells and temperatures in london on tuesday at around 21 degrees. goodbye for now. hello. this is bbc news. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment — first, the headlines.
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